The Recycling Partnership, founded in 2014, is a “mission-driven NGO, committed to advancing a circular economy by building a better recycling system.” Keefe Harrison, the CEO of The Recycling ...

Every little bit helps. But doing it wrong can actually make matters worse. Credit...Naomi Anderson-Subryan Supported by By Winston Choi-Schagrin Recycling can have big environmental benefits. For one ...

The DNR offers the following food waste prevention tips: Upcycle your pantry and understand date labels. Additional ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

Fashion trends die quickly, but old clothes can live for years. After it’s left your wardrobe, nearly every garment eventually winds up burned for fuel or tossed in a dump, oozing planet-warming ...

Mr. Franklin-Wallis is the author of “Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future” and an editor at GQ. It happened again the other night: Washing up after dinner, ...

You can recycle metal, plastics, paper cartons, glass, paper, books, newspapers, magazines, and cardboard. Find out more specifics by reading the Acceptable Materials for Recycling page. Keep in mind ...

Our basement bedroom has a huge desktop computer that we never, ever touch -- except to dust. Why are we keeping it? A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, ...

When you buy a new iPhone, Apple takes it back when you're done with it. When you finish a bottle of Coke in Germany, the manufacturer pays for its recycling. So why does your 4,000-pound SUV – ...

Most clean, dry paper can go into your curbside bin. This includes things like newspapers, magazines, cardboard, and greeting cards. Are there exceptions? God, yes. For example, if a greeting card ...

The aluminum used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in the U.S. has declined to 43 percent from 45 percent in 2020, according to 2023 data from the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers ...